Product Updates
March 21, 2024
Acella Pharmaceuticals remains extremely committed to ensuring that NP Thyroid® (Thyroid Tablets, USP) is widely available at retail, independent and mail order pharmacies. Regrettably, we are aware that select CVS & Rite Aid locations may be substituting NP Thyroid® with an alternative Desiccated Thyroid Extract (DTE) product. This substitution is not due to lack of product availability, but rather may be driven by financial decisions that benefit the pharmacy.
We understand how important the consistency of treatment is for those living with hypothyroidism, especially when prescribed a product that works well for you. If you are having an issue obtaining your NP Thyroid® branded prescription from your preferred pharmacy, please ask your healthcare provider to write “Dispense as Written” or “Brand Medically Necessary” on your prescription; or, consider switching your prescription to an alternative pharmacy. In many states, NP Thyroid® may also be filled via mail order through Glendale Pharmacy at a low price.
Before paying your pharmacy, please always check your product to ensure that your prescription has been filled with NP Thyroid® from Acella Pharmaceuticals vs an alternative DTE. If you are dispensed a DTE substitution, speak up! Inform your pharmacist that you want the NP Thyroid® treatment that your healthcare provider prescribed.
Healthcare Professionals and Pharmacists are encouraged to read our prior product update to review how you can support your patients and customers through this substitution challenge.
For additional information or support, please contact Acella Pharmaceuticals through this website, by email or by calling 1-800-541-4802.
August 2, 2023
NP Thyroid® (Thyroid Tablets, USP) remains widely available at retail, independent and mail order pharmacies. However, select U.S. pharmacies have chosen to substitute NP Thyroid® with a different product.
For Patients: If you are having an issue obtaining your NP Thyroid® branded prescription from your preferred pharmacy, please consider switching your prescription to an alternative pharmacy. NP Thyroid® may also be filled via mail order through Glendale Pharmacy at a low price. Before paying your pharmacy, please always check your product to ensure your prescription has been filled with NP Thyroid® from Acella Pharmaceuticals vs an alternative product. NP Thyroid® tablets are tan in color and are embossed with the letters AP (see image below).
For Healthcare Professionals: To ensure your patients receive NP Thyroid® from Acella Pharmaceuticals, please write or check Dispense as Written (DAW) or Brand Medically Necessary on the prescription. If your patients indicate they are having an issue at their preferred pharmacy, please suggest they provide another pharmacy option.
For Pharmacists: If you are experiencing an issue ordering NP Thyroid® through your primary wholesaler, please consider ordering through an alternative wholesaler. When ordering, ensure that you confirm the manufacturer is Acella Pharmaceuticals.
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INDICATIONS & IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION INCLUDING BLACK BOX
WARNING
Important Risk Information
Drugs with thyroid hormone activity, alone or together with other therapeutic agents, have been used for the treatment of obesity. In euthyroid patients, doses within the range of daily hormonal requirements are ineffective for weight reduction. Larger doses may produce serious or even life-threatening manifestations of toxicity, particularly when given in association with sympathomimetic amines such as those used for their anorectic effects.
- NP Thyroid® is contraindicated in patients with uncorrected adrenal insufficiency, untreated thyrotoxicosis, and hypersensitivity to any component of the product.
- In the elderly and in patients with cardiovascular disease, NP Thyroid® should be used with greater caution than younger patients or those without cardiovascular disease.
- Use of NP Thyroid® in patients with diabetes mellitus or adrenal cortical insufficiency may worsen the intensity of their symptoms.
- The therapy of myxedema coma requires simultaneous administration of glucocorticoids.
- Concomitant use of NP Thyroid® with oral anticoagulants alters the sensitivity of oral anticoagulants. Prothrombin time should be closely monitored in thyroid-treated patients on oral anticoagulants.
- In infants, excessive doses of NP Thyroid® may produce craniosynostosis.
- Partial loss of hair may be experienced by children in the first few months of therapy but is usually transient.
- Adverse reactions associated with NP Thyroid® therapy are primarily those of hyperthyroidism due to therapeutic overdosage.
- Many drugs and some laboratory tests may alter the therapeutic response to NP Thyroid®. In addition, thyroid hormones and thyroid status have varied effects on the pharmacokinetics and actions of other drugs. Administer at least 4 hours before or after drugs that are known to interfere with absorption. Evaluate the need for dose adjustments when regularly administering within one hour of certain foods that may affect absorption.
- NP Thyroid® should not be discontinued during pregnancy, and hypothyroidism diagnosed during pregnancy should be promptly treated.
Indication
NP Thyroid® (thyroid tablets, USP) is a prescription medicine that is used to treat a condition called hypothyroidism from any cause, except for cases of temporary hypothyroidism, which is usually associated with an inflammation of the thyroid (thyroiditis). It is meant to replace or supplement a hormone that is usually made by your thyroid gland.
NP Thyroid® is also used in the treatment and prevention of normal functioning thyroid goiters, such as thyroid nodules, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, multinodular goiter, and in the management of thyroid cancer.